Hood fastener



A. L. SHUTTER. HOJOD FASTENER. APPLICATION FILED NOV. 28, I92l.

1A3 5,668.- Patented Nov. 141, 1922i.

III-1T Patented Nov. 14, 1922.

-NITED STATES ABRAM L. SHUTTER, WEST HAVEN, CONNECTICUT, ASSIG-NOR TOJAMES GRAHAM & (30., OF NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT, A FIRM COMPOSED OF SAIDSHUTTER AND CHARLES E. GRAHAM.

HOOD FASTENER.

Application filed November 28, 1921. Serial No. 518,414.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Arman L. SHUTTER, a citizen of the United States,residing at 'est Haven, in the county of New Haven and State ofConnecticut, have inventcd a new and useful Improvement in Hood Fasteners; and I do hereby declare the following. when taken inconnection with the accompanying drawings and the characters ofreference marked thereon, to be a'full. clear, and exact description ofthe same, and which said drawings constitute part of this application,and represent, in

Fig. l a side view, partly in section, of a hood fastener constructed inaccordance with my invention.

Fig. 2 a sectional view on the line of Figure 1.

Fig. plan view of the base detached.

Fig. 4. a side view of the post detached.

Fig. 5 a side view of the latch detached.

My invention'relates to improvement in hood fasteners, such as areemployed for fastening the hoods of automobiles. The object of thisinvention is to construct a device the parts of which may be readilycast. and which do not require any machine work in finishing and whichwill provide a secure fastening device for the hoods of automobileengines, and the invention consists in the construction as hereinafterdescribed and particularly recited in the claims.

In carrying out my invention, I employ. a base 10' adapted to be securedto the frame of an automobile adjacent to the sides of the hood. This.base is formed from a single casting and provided with anupwardlyprojecting plate 11, which forms a bearing for the lower edge ofan ordinary hood 12, which is also provided, above its lower edge, witha loop 13. The base is formed in its under face with a chamber 14 andwith a. slot 15 to give clearance for a post 16, which is provided nearits lower end with a transverse opening 17 for the passage of alocking-pin 18. This post is provided with a head 19. Around the post isalatch 20 formed from a single casting and provided with a locking-hook21 adapted to engage with the loop 13 and at the opposite side with afinger-grip 22. This latch has a chamber 23 corresponding substantiallyin diameter to the head 19, and at its lower end in engagement with thethe latch and into the base and forcing the pin downward against theaction of the spring 26 until-tho lower end projects sufficiently belowthe base. as indicated in broken lines in Figure 2, to permit theinsertion of tho locking-pin .18. in operation, the latch is grippcd anda firm hold is secured by means of the fingerpiece Q2, and 'aisedagainst the force of the spring 26 until the hook 21 engages with theloop 13. The device is then released and the spring forces the latchdownward and holds it firmly hood. Tn releasing the hook, the latch israised as before. and, owing to the slot 15, the latch and post may rockon the base. This construction provides a hood fastener of attractiveappearance and effective in use.

The plate 11 provides a firm bearing for the book, which is drawnagainst it by the latch. so that rattling is avoided.

I claim:

1. A hood fastener, comprising a latch formed with a locking-hook andhaving a tubular chamber open at its upper end and formed with anintegral spring seat, and a hole at its lower end. a headed postentering said chamber and formed with a transverse. hole near its lowerend, a spring around said post within said chamber, a base formed in itsunder side with a recess, and with a slot intersecting said recess, intowhich the post extends, and a pin extending through said post and seatedin said recess.-

2. A hood fastener, comprising a latch formed with a locking-hook andhaving a tubular chamber open at its upper end nd formed with anintegral spring seat, and a hole at its lower end, a headed postentering said chamber and formed with a transverse hole near its lowerend, a spring around said post within said chamber, a

base formed in its under side with a recess specification in thepresence of two suband having an upwardly-project-ing integral scribingWitnesses. plate, and with a slot intersecting said recess, into whichthe post extends, and a t pin extending through said post and seatedWitnesses: in said recess. WALTER G. SHUTTER,

In testimony whereof, I have signed this vEARLE W. SHUTTER. e

ABRAM L. SHUTTER.

